[Shotimes] TRANNY HELP ASAP!

[Tom Smith]

Always lurking. I have had the car for 10 years and was
leaning toward something new until I started talking to
Mark. We re-did the bearings, 96 brake upgrade and then
did a tranny rebuild/Quaife a year later.

You can not pry the car from me. My wife did not appreciate
the up front cost, but if I drive the car 4/5 more years she
is now understanding the savings in the long run.

After suspension and brakes the Quaife really keeps the driving
grin going. Not just for track time, but it really makes the
car put the power down in turns. I can really accelerate instead
of the inside tire spin. Made the car fun to drive again and I
can look past the creaks, rattles and groans.

I had to relearn how to drive the car. I was turning in
way to early at the track, but Mark had warned me. He knew
enough not to follow me around for the first few laps :-0

If the car falls apart I will just move the parts to the next
SHO. I expect to have one in the garage for a many more years
unless Mark starts working on other cars ;-)


Tom 91+


On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Mark Nunnally wrote:

> I dunno if Tom Smith is lurking about, but I talked him into one for his 91
> last year and I don't think he's ever looked back.  Runs at summit point a
> lot.  From memory I think my 92 and his 91 ran similar lap times there
> (similar mods, mostly stock couple years back).  Later we started running
> khumo track tires, and the times dropped more.  My 92 stayed with the open
> diff, tom started running with the quaife.  I've ran behind tom in my 89 and
> I can assure you he's not much slower than me.  Besides brakes and good
> tires, nothing will get you around a racetrack as fast.  Totally changes the
> way the car behaves, it's a blast to drive.